Spiral Veg-Chicken Pasta

Pasta and left overs go well with each other. Especially when we homecooks, dont feel like being in the kitchen for longer times. I had many left over cut vegetables and some chicken in the refrigerator, so I thought of preparing a simple one dish meal adding pasta to it.


Spiral Veg-Chicken Pasta



You can enjoy this it at lunch, dinner or even at breakfast. You can even pack it in a lunch box and have this healthy and filling meal for lunch. Here goes the recipe:

Spiral Veg-Chicken Pasta

Serves : 3

Ingredients:

  • Canola Oil - 2 tbsp

  • Chicken breast pieces - 250 gms, cut into 1 or 1 1/2 cm cubes

  • Yellow Onion - 1 cup, finely chopped

  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp

  • Baby Carrots - 3/4 cup, sliced thinly

  • Green capsicum - 3/4 cup, chopped

  • Red capsicum - 3/4 cup

  • Cabbage - 3/4 cup

  • Tomato Paste - 1 tbsp

  • Water - 2 cups

  • Maggi Chicken Bouillon-Halal -2 cubes

  • Dry roasted Coriander seed powder - 1 1/2 tsp

  • Cilantro - for garnish

  • Spiral pasta - 250 gms


Method:

To Prepare the Pasta Sauce-

  • In a pan on medium heat, pour oil and put the cut chicken pieces. Stir fry it for 5 minutes.

  • Now add the chopped onion. Fry it till it is translucent in colour. Then add ginger garlic paste and stir it well for 2 minutes or so.

  • Add all the cup vegetables and sprinkle a little bit of salt over it, maybe a big pinch, just to enhance the colour of the veggies. Stir fry the contents in the pan for about 5-7 minutes. Then add the tomato paste, water and the cubed chicken stock. Break the cube once it softens up and mix well.

  • Cover the pan so the the chicken and vegetables soften up and absorb the flavours. The pasta sauce is ready.


To prepare the Pasta Dish-

  • Prepare the Spiral pasta according to the instructions on the package.

  • When you drain the pasta once it is done, reserve a cup of water and drain off all the remaining pasta water.

  • In a bowl at medium heat, pour the earlier prepared pasta sauce, the reserved cup of pasta water, and the drained pasta.

  • Mix well to coat the pasta with the sauce. Cover and simmer for about 2 minutes.

  • Sprinkle with fresh coriander powder and garnish with fresh coriander/cilantro leaves and serve hot.


This recipe goes to Ruth hosting Presto Pasta Nights every friday, with the theme as to send her pasta recipes every week. I really liked her theme and the idea because, i cook pasta every weekend, and i look forward to try out different and new recipes of pasta dishes everytime. Her blog will surely help me :-) Thanks Ruth !

Interesting Read: Do you know your pasta shapes?

Luv,
Mona

Comments

  1. Asha25 September 2007 at 09:08

    It is yummy when you add chicken to Pasta.The only thing I make is Chicken Alfredo with Pasta.Great idea to do this way,looks yum.Thanks for posting Mona:)

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  2. meeso25 September 2007 at 09:44

    This dish is great, and yes, pasta is one of those dishes that must be loved by all!

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  3. jeena25 September 2007 at 11:15

    Mona I love chicken and pasta! I love those spiral pasta too. Lovely recipe. :)

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  4. MR25 September 2007 at 13:26

    thanks for dropping by my blog
    u have a great blog here
    I am going to bck .....

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  5. Cynthia25 September 2007 at 15:50

    I like the fact that pasta absorbs and goes with anything and your dish is no exception. Nice "throw together"

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  6. Keerthi25 September 2007 at 19:43

    Looks delicious Mona...I haven't tasted pasta with chicken yet..yours look tempting

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  7. pooja v26 September 2007 at 03:00

    Looks fab...i m sure it was off d plate within seconds.

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  8. Umm Maryam26 September 2007 at 08:57

    Assalamu alaikum,

    Delicious blog you have here! : )

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  9. Ruth28 September 2007 at 04:47

    Wonderful looking pasta and thanks for sharing with PrestoPasta Nights.

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  10. Sabita28 September 2007 at 12:06

    hi mona, thanx for ur comment...ur pasta luks delicious...willd definitely try it out.

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  11. Anh29 September 2007 at 16:52

    Such a beautiful recipe!

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  12. Maria6 May 2010 at 06:20

    Assalam alaikum Mona,

    I am a new fan of ur blog :)I wanna really thank u for the amazing hyderabadi recipes which totally match my tastebuds..Cooking has been a task for me as i was never a foodie..bt since i am married i have to cook.n ur recipes totally rock.I tried this recipe yest w/o chicken n we loved it..trying it with chicken today..Thanks again..Keep up the good job..
    jazak allah

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